First 300d pic

[Eric&Susan]

Well today I had about an hour to kill before my dentist appointment:cry so I went to the beach to test out the new 300d. Played with all the settings and snapped a few pics nothing really great. On the way back to the truck I saw this little guy and thought I would give it a try. took about 5 pics of the same bee before he took off. This was the only good one. How did I do? Taken with the kit lens at 18mm 1/1000th f4 ISO 100

http://images.snapfish.com/3434966323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E2338%3D6%3A%3B%3D377%3 DXROQDF%3E23237%3A4%3C8%3C34%3Bot1lsi

Thanks for looking,

Eric

[Harryb]

Hey Eric,

You don't belive in taking it slow. You have to go after an extremely difficult subject to try out your new camera on. Not a bad start at all considering the degree of difficulty. It looks like you froze the action pretty well. :thumb I would love to see a tighter crop on the bee.

[windoze]

i think you did very good, as a matter of fact its better than good and Ill tell you why! there is only two things in this world i am afraid of -one of them is bats ( there's a dgrinner trying to get a grey headed fox - HES NUTS!) but i am even more afraid of BEES!!!! im 6 ft 1 and if i see a bee - im off runnin......so I think you did wonderful... you're crazy also to get even that near a bee. As for me i will stick to nice peaceful animals like gorillas, tigers, birds of prey etc.



troy


Well today I had about an hour to kill before my dentist appointment:cry so I went to the beach to test out the new 300d. Played with all the settings and snapped a few pics nothing really great. On the way back to the truck I saw this little guy and thought I would give it a try. took about 5 pics of the same bee before he took off. This was the only good one. How did I do? Taken with the kit lens at 18mm 1/1000th f4 ISO 100



Thanks for looking,

Eric

[jeff lapoint]

eric

you're off to a great starthttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif i'm glad ole Cam (our name for her) has found such a capable new home. when i shoot bees, i like to get close to where i know they will land. i use an el cheapo tripod and get close to flowers where bees are. there you know they will stay put for a few seconds.

i think this is a $ shot because you went for the bee in flight. next time dont be afraid to bump up the iso to get a higher shutter spead, and harry is right about cropping...you will be surprised at the detail you could see in a 20-50% crop. it will make it look like you were much closer to the subject.

jeff